Max Crumble Orchestra

Max Crumble

Ambient-Pseudo-Retro-Gypsy-Indie-Meta-Country-Folk String Music

About

Mission

The mission of the Max Crumble Orchestra (MCO) is to bring so-called elevator music to the
masses. MCO is named in homage of Klaus “Max” Krumski, the legendary Hungarian bandleader
generally regarded as the inventor of elevator music in 1928.

That year, while on tour in New York, the Krumski band was hired to play for a gala ball at
Julius Pierpont’s new summer "cottage” in the Hamptons, especially to play inside the
oversized elevator car that ferried guests between the cottage’s four levels.

While it is rare today to see a live band inside an elevator, the concept of using music to
ease the discomfort of forced close proximity to our fellow beings has become so commonplace
that we barely notice it today.

History

Max Crumble Orchestra (MCO) was formed in 2006 when two of its members (John and Rick) were separately hired to play Christmas music at
the Pounding Hangover, a seedy Georgetown bar in South Seattle. The resulting collision and subsequent musical fallout overwhelmed
the defenses of two other musicians (Andy and Tony) who had the misfortune to be in the same venue, sweeping them into the mix.

Since then, MCO has spent countless hours researching Krumski’s original arrangements, to bring you historically
accurate performances of songs from the big-band, pop, flapper and folk-depression traditions. MCO is proud to be recognized as one
of Washington State’s “greenest” bands, playing 100% recycled content.

The Fifth Crumble

gratus animus

Thanks to all those who have enabled our activities over the last many years -- friends, family, gig-hirers, listeners, artists, truckers,
writers, printers, chemists, producers, welders, farmers, businessmen and tons more. It's been fun so far...

Lairdomatic2018

Before there could be a lure there had to be hunger. The hunger remained undiscovered even as it aged with bristling scorn and defiance.
The lords of the castle thought it was only the rats and bats but after awhile the screeches could no longer be ignored.
But that was all before the blackout...

Wiper Oct 2015

Tumbleweed Film Festival Jul 2014

Here's one of Johnny's tunes, Skibadoodle, that was used for a Tumbleweed Film Festival
trailer in 2014. MCO layed down the basic parts, then Robert Roth (guitar guru and general producer extraordinaire), added all kinds
of...